Indian Dust DevilsHobbs, 1937 - 138 pages |
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Page 96
... Ladies and gentlemen ! Your Excellencies ! Ladies and gentlemen ! Diavolo will now play the dice with death . That is to say , he will loop the loop , or..break .... his ...... bloody ... neck ! " The grim silence with which this was ...
... Ladies and gentlemen ! Your Excellencies ! Ladies and gentlemen ! Diavolo will now play the dice with death . That is to say , he will loop the loop , or..break .... his ...... bloody ... neck ! " The grim silence with which this was ...
Page 98
... ladies were pupils of Loreto House . All were about the sweet seventeen age , and as youth is the only beauty , highly attractive . Mrs. Mack , a large , red - faced Englishwoman , whose stays ( they did not call them corsets then ) ...
... ladies were pupils of Loreto House . All were about the sweet seventeen age , and as youth is the only beauty , highly attractive . Mrs. Mack , a large , red - faced Englishwoman , whose stays ( they did not call them corsets then ) ...
Page 128
... Lady Curzon at the steps of the Town Hall and while showing her into her seats assured her she would feel more at home in them than in anything I could hire . She was very charming and graceful , obviously easy to get on with . The ...
... Lady Curzon at the steps of the Town Hall and while showing her into her seats assured her she would feel more at home in them than in anything I could hire . She was very charming and graceful , obviously easy to get on with . The ...
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